Halcy: Daily Photo Journal
Buntikki Photo & Video iPhoneiPadiPod touch
Halcy: Daily Photo Journal is a free Photo & Video app for iPhone and iPad by Buntikki. Requires iOS 15.0. Updated October 22, 2026.
- Price
- Free
- on the App Store
- Size
- 50 MB
- Age 12+
- Updated
- Oct 22
- 2026 · v1.2.0(10)
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About Halcy: Daily Photo Journal
One photo. Every day. Halcy is a quiet daily photo journal. Each day you take exactly one photograph, straight from the camera, and over weeks and months those single frames become a private visual memoir of your life. No feed. No followers. No likes. Just you and one picture a day. HOW IT WORKS • Open Halcy and take today's photo. That's it. • Not quite right? Retake it as many times as you like until midnight. • When the day ends, the photo is kept as it is. No backfilling, no rewriting the past. That's what makes it honest. • Photos come only from the camera, never from your gallery, so every day is truly lived rather than curated. A CALENDAR OF YOUR LIFE Every day is a circle. Scroll back through the months and watch your year fill in. Tap any day to see that photo full size. SIX GENTLE FILTERS Original, Warm, Cool, B&W, Sepia and Vivid. What you see in the preview is exactly what's saved. A STREAK, NOT A SCOREBOARD Halcy counts your current streak, your longest streak and your total days. Plain numbers, with no badges, no confetti and no pressure. GENTLE REMINDERS Up to three quiet reminders a day: morning, afternoon and evening. They stop as soon as you've taken today's photo, and you can turn them off at any time. HOME SCREEN WIDGETS • This Week – your last seven days at a glance, plus your streak • Streak – just the number • Capture Today – one tap straight to the camera PRIVATE BY DESIGN • Sign in with Apple or Google. No passwords to remember. • Your photos are stored securely in the cloud, linked only to your account, and you can pick up on a new phone right where you left off. • Location and camera metadata are removed from every photo before it's uploaded. • No ads, no analytics, no tracking. Your photos are never sold or shared. • Almost nothing is stored on your phone, and photos never appear in your camera roll. • Delete your account from inside the app, and every photo and record goes with it, permanently. Halcy needs an internet connection to save and view your photos. Start today. In a year, you'll have 365 moments you'd otherwise have forgotten.
What’s new
Version 1.2.0(10) · Updated October 22, 2026
1. Save is now instant, and you can capture today's moment even with no signal. It uploads as soon as you're back online, so a flight or a dead zone never costs you a day. 2. Claim your own @username and add a profile photo. Pick one from your photo library, or choose a favourite moment straight from your Halcy memories. 3. Your recaps now show every month three ways: as a calendar, a photo collage or a video. Pick a style in Share and your recaps follow along, and tapping a month opens it in that style. Also in this update: • Recap videos load faster and no longer stall when you switch views • "On this day" memories now arrive about twice a month, not every day • Calendar photos stay on screen when you go offline
App privacy
The developer, Buntikki, reported these privacy practices to Apple.
Data Linked to You
The following data, which may be collected and linked to your identity, may be used for the following purposes:
- Contact Info: Email Address, Name
- User Content: Photos or Videos
- Identifiers: User ID
Used for: App Functionality
Data Not Linked to You
The following data, which may be collected but is not linked to your identity, may be used for the following purposes:
- Identifiers: Device ID
- Usage Data: Product Interaction
- User Content: Other User Content
- Diagnostics: Crash Data
Used for: Analytics, App Functionality
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